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It was one of the major electric-car news stories last month: Sales of the Chevrolet Spark EV electric minicar soared to 920 in April. The electric Spark had consistently sold at around 100 cars a month since its June 2013 launch. And it was widely considered to be a compliance car: one sold only in California and a few other locales to meet that state's Zero-Emission Vehicle sales rules. DON'T MISS: 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV Price Cut To $25,995; $139 Lease, No Money Down Then GM cut the price of the Spark EV in the three states where it's sold: California, Oregon, and most recently, Maryland...
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Tesla Model S, Three Years Later: What Electric Car Taught Us
Three years ago today, the very first production Tesla Model S electric luxury sedan was delivered to its buyer. That would be Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, who's also a Tesla board member. The delivery took place, on a weekend, as soon as the Model S had been fully certified...
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China's Air Pollution Is Bad, But India's Is Far, Far Worse
Air pollution in New Delhi routinely exceeds levels in Beijing.
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Beijing Adds Another Electric-Car Incentive: Rush-Hour Access To Any Road
Beijing will exempt electric cars from a policy that restricts access to roads during rush hour.
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Kitten Rescued From Tesla Model S Electric Car Motor: Video
Tesla Motors and its Model S electric cars get a lot of attention, especially on the Internet. And kittens? Well, cute-cat pictures are a staple of modern connectivity. Rescuing kittens? Even better! Now, to our delight and amazement, we've got a story that ties both of them together. DON'T MISS...
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Plug-In Electric Car Sales, 2015 BMW 740Ld Diesel Review, Ultracapacitors For Cars: Today's Car News
Electric cars and diesel cars make headlines today.
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Mercedes-Benz will sell batteries for energy storage, a new report says.
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Artificial Photosynthesis Might Make Fuel From CO2 & Sunlight, One Day
Artificial photosynthesis involves breaking down CO2 and water molecules, and recombining them into fuel.
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2016 Chevrolet Volt Configurator Live, California Order Books Open
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt is now available to order in California.
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The History Of Tesla Motors And Its Electric Cars, In Only 2 Minutes Of Video
Electric-car startup Tesla Motors attracts huge interest, lots of controversy, and truly passionate customers and followers. For a company that's been around only a little more than 10 years, it's got a lot of history. Now, a video from Bloomberg Business distills that history down into a mere two...
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Electric-Car-Stifling 'Travel Provision,' 2016 Toyota Prius Spy Shots, Chevy Bolt EV Trademark: Today's Car News
The Chevrolet Bolt and Toyota Prius are in the news today.
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2016 Toyota Prius: More Spy Shots, From Thailand Testing
The all-new fourth-generation Toyota Prius is getting closer and closer to launch, as witnessed by an increasing number of spy shots of prototypes testing all over the world. Two weeks ago, a heavily camouflaged Prius was recorded on video fueling up at a North American gas station. Now, new shots...
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has suspended GM's application for the Chevrolet Bolt trademark.
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EPA Proposes Lower Increases For Ethanol In Gasoline
The EPA wants to cut ethanol levels originally mandated by the 2007 Renewable Fuels Standard.
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Why Electric Cars Are Rare Outside CA: Arcane 'Travel Provision' Rule
The sparsity of cars with plugs has been one of the biggest frustrations for Northeastern electric-car shoppers and advocates. While California buyers can choose among roughly two dozen different battery-electric and plug-in hybrid offerings, just a handful are available outside the state. And...
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Tesla Vs Golf Carts, Mirai Showroom, Fiat 500e Vs Beloved BMW: The Week In Reverse (Video)
Which cities have two groundbreaking new showrooms for two different zero-emission vehicles? And, what do wild bison, deer, and foxes have to do with one reader's Toyota Prius hybrid? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday...
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Tesla Not Disruptive, VW Beetle Hybrid, Electric-Car Recharging Race: Today's Car News
We update our look at plug-in hybrid sales, discuss an article claiming Tesla Motors isn't a disruptor, and tell you all about a hybrid VW Beetle we drove yesterday. All this and more today on Green Car Reports. The Kentucky Derby it ain't, but the E-Mazing Race III across Canada lets electric-car...
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CA Green Stickers All But Gone; Q1's Plug-In Hybrid Sales Suffered This Year: UPDATE
All good things must come to an end, and so it is with the green stickers that give plug-in hybrid drivers access to California's freeway carpool lanes with just one person in the car. A total of 70,000 stickers were allotted, and the supply is now almost exhausted. A bill to allocate 15,000 more...
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Friday's the day we use for the stranger and more oddball stories in our lineup, and one of the more unusual we've seen in a while comes from Harvard University. It's an article--actually a handful of articles--covering research by a scholar of "disruption" who argues that Silicon Valley startup carmaker Tesla Motors isn't disruptive. Instead, he suggests, the truly impactful electric cars will be tiny, low-speed urban vehicles. DON'T MISS: 2015 Tesla Model S 70D: First Drive Of New Electric Car Base Model The Tesla Model S is only an "incremental" improvement on what's already out there, he...
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Volkswagen Beetle Dune Hybrid Concept: Quick Drive
A large red electrical shutdown switch inside a car says it all: You're driving a prototype. New York City passers-by who looked approvingly at our shiny bronze Volkswagen Beetle Dune concept car didn't know it, but the butcher-looking Beetle was running on a hybrid system not currently offered in...
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E-Mazing Race III: Electric Cars Compete On Recharging In Multiple Locations
American Pharaoh may have won the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, but the winners of another race remains to be determined. That would be the third running of the E-Mazing Race, a competition across Canada for plug-in electric vehicles. The Derby may be "the fastest two...
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Tesla Door-Handle Update, Ford Patents, Fiat Vs BMW: Today's Car News
We look at why used electric cars are becoming a thing, Ford's intellectual-property announcement, and 40 years of artistic BMWs. All this and more today on Green Car Reports. Three years and more have passed since modern electric cars went on sale, meaning used electric cars are about to get big...
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One Man's Fiat 500e Electric Car Might Get Him To Sell His BMW
It's been said before, but the only way to understand why electric cars are a better way to drive is to drive one. The shorthand for that rule is "getting butts in seats." That's the process of putting inexperienced drivers behind the wheel of modern plug-in vehicles to let them experience the...
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Canadian Electric-Car Dealership Awards Honor Sales Success Stories
With car dealers often viewed as an impediment to successful sales of plug-in electric cars, recognizing dealerships that embrace and promote plug-in cars is crucial to changing hearts and minds. Earlier this week, the winners of Canada's second-annual Electric Vehicle Dealership Awards were...
Matthew Klippenstein